Taking place at the Embarcadero Marina Park North, Grande Tasting is the festival’s all-inclusive signature event that will showcase 100 food, wine and spirits stations, and activations such as Cooking Demos and Wine Workshop, Spirits of the Americas Expo, Best of Fest Awards, Mission Fed VIP Tent, and music by the legendary Amistad Cubana, on tour from Cuba.

At the Spirits of the Americas Expo, mixologists and distillers will hold tastings of Bacanora, Cachaça, Mezcal, Pisco, Rum, Sotol and Tequila. In the Culinary Pavilion, chefs such as Claudia Sandoval will conduct on-stage demonstrations.